In Re Hedges’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “A fundamental purpose of the disposable income provision is to prevent large expenditures by debtors for non-essential items which ultimately reduce the sum available to pay holders of unsecured claims.... This Court ... will not permit [the debt- or] to acquire goods or services not reasonably necessary for support at the expense of the unpaid, unsecured creditors. The purposes of [the disposable income test] would be ill-served if the Court were to allow the debtor in the instant case to [finance] purely recreational property not reasonably necessary for maintenance or support of the debtor ... while his general unsecured creditors are to receive, over an extended period of time, less than half of the total amount of their claims.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Fortney · In the Matter of Thomas Fortney and Lavonna Fortney, Debtors-Appellees, Appeal of Daniel R. Freund, Chapter 12 Trustee

2. “If this sort of reasoning were accepted, any debtor who wished to avoid the provisions of § 1325(b) could simply purchase property not reasonably necessary for maintenance and support, provide for its payment under the plan, and build equity in that property to the detriment of the general unsecured creditors of the estate who would otherwise receive a larger dividend.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Rybicki · In Re Gibson